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OUTREACH CENTERS
A Guide to Title VI Outreach Center Programs
Overview
The 12 Title VI African Outreach Centers are designed to make
knowledge about Africa available and accessible to a wide audience.
Each Outreach Center is part of a larger African Studies Center.
The specific task of the Outreach Centers is to increase public
knowledge about Africa, so that the general community learns from
and benefits from African-related scholarship. The constituencies
we serve include, but are not limited to, the following groups:
- K-12 students and teachers
- Community college students and teachers
- Companies and business organizations
- Educational organizations
Our services are available to individuals and organizations throughout
the country, and broadly include providing speakers, sponsoring
workshops, lending books, videos, artifacts, curricula, and teaching
kits, advising and designing cultural activities, arranging lectures
and presentations, and consulting with businesses and organizations.
We work with other institutions, such as museums and libraries,
which are also committed to public education about Africa.
(This web page was originally produced as a brochure by Nadine
Dolby, graduate assistant, and Prosper Godonoo, Outreach Director,
of the Center for African Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
We would like to thank the individual centers listed for their
assistance in compiling descriptions of their activities and services.)
Outreach Centers at Other Universities
Boston University African Studies Center, Outreach Program
270 Bay State Road
Boston, MA 02215
E-mail: buasc@acs.bu.edu
Website: http://www.bu.edu/africa/outreach/
Tel: 617-353-7303
Fax: 617-353-4975
Boston University's African Outreach Program offers extensive
services for both local and national borrowers. Our lendable
materials include over 100 videos suitable for K-12 and university
level, 700+ fiction and non-fiction children's books, over
3000 slides (indexed by country and topic), and over 200 curriculum
guides for K-12 teachers and university faculty. The Program
has a number of handouts addressing multiple subject areas
custom designed for all different grade levels. Slide and
video catalogs can be sent upon request or viewed on our web
site.
Of particular note is a video appropriate for high school
or college level, "What Do We Know About Africa," available
for rental or sale which comes with a detailed curriculum
kit. Younger students would benefit from the introductory
program "Africa: Beyond the Myths." Further detail and ordering
information is available by calling the Program or visiting
its web site.
"Kenyan Kids: An African Childhood" is another available
teaching resource for use in elementary schools. This realistic
kit was developed by the Program to introduce U.S. children
to the daily lives of their contemporaries in Kenya. The kit
includes school uniforms, toy artwork, a curriculum guide,
and photos. Rental is available nationally through The Children's
Museum of Boston. Call 1-800-370-5487 for borrowing information.
The Outreach Director is available for consultation to educational
publishers, museums, and other institutions. The Program can
also be contacted for assistance in arranging workshops, speakers,
or other educational events.
Indiana University African Studies Program
Woodburn Hall 221
Bloomington, IN 47405
E-mail: afrist@indiana.edu
Website: http://www.indiana.edu/%7Eafrist/randd.html
Tel: 812-855-6825
Outreach services include videos, an artifact kit, a global
speakers service, and a newsletter. They also offer extensive
curriculum and resource materials available for rental for
up to three weeks. The individual or institution borrowing
the material is responsible only for return postage. The resources
include many current curriculum guides, atlases, and fiction.
A complete listing is available at their website.
Michigan State University African Studies Center
100 International Center
East Lansing, MI 48824-1035
E-mail: africa@msu.edu
Website:http://www.isp.msu.edu/africanstudies/Outreach/Outreach.htm
Tel: 517-353-1700
Program has a tripartite focus: K-12 educators, community
and undergraduate college educators, and the provision of
media through the African Media Center. Their educational
resource center contains over 4500 books, 150 filmstrips,
200 transparencies, 3000 slides, 50 maps, 230 African language
books, 200 African music recordings, 200 African artifacts,
and numerous educational computer programs. Lending is restricted
to the local area.
Ohio University African Studies Program
Center for International Studies
Burson House
Athens, OH 45701-2979
E-mail: afrchild@www.ohiou.edu
Website: http://www.ohiou.edu/african/program.htm
Tel: 740-593-1840
Works in partnership with the Ohio Valley International Council,
which offers international speakers, cross-cultural seminars,
and teacher workshops in Ohio with a special emphasis on African
studies. Sponsors Annual Summer Institute on Africa for educators.
Also coordinates classroom visits by international students
and returned Peace Corps volunteers, and observances of events
such as World Food Day. Has a rich collection of material
about Africa, including an African Teaching Basket, numerous
videos and printed resources. Materials are available for
rental throughout Ohio by contacting the office.
The Berkeley Stanford Joint Center for African Studies
University of California at Berkeley
356 Stephens Hall MC2314
Berkeley, CA 94720-2314
E-mail: asc@uclink.berkeley.edu
Website: http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~africa2/Outreach.html
Tel: 510-642-8338
Fax: 510-642-0721
Stanford University Center for African Studies
Building 240, Room 104
Stanford, CA 94305-2152
E-mail: ccapper@leland.stanford.edu
Website: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/AFR/
Tel: (650) 723-0295
Fax: (650) 723-852
The Berkeley Stanford Joint Center for African Studies (JCAS)
serves as resource on Africa for the larger community including
K-12 and post-secondary students and educators, the media,
business, and the general public. Currently, JCAS outreach
efforts have three main goals: continuing K-12 curriculum
development and teacher training activities, elaborating its
ties with other regional post-secondary institutions and intensifying
its interactions with the media and business.
The Center staff receives institutional support from two
key complementary units on the Berkeley and Stanford campuses,
respectively, the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural
Education (SPICE) and the Office of Resources for International
and Area Studies (ORIAS). The Joint Center cooperates with
other Title VI Centers on each campus to develop innovative
comparative projects. For example, in cooperation with the
UCB Center for Middle East Studies, the JCAS sponsored a workshop
and produced a video, both entitled, Sudan: Confluence of
Arab and African Worlds. Additionally, a 1997 Summer Teachers
Institute, Islam in a Comparative Context, was organized jointly
with the other Title VI Centers at UC Berkeley.
JCAS has a strong program in curriculum development and teacher
training for the elementary to community college level For
example, Marcel Fafchamps, in the Department of Economics
at Stanford, produced a CD-ROM, Welcome to Africa. Information
about ordering the CD-ROM is available through the JCAS office.
The Center also participates in systematic curriculum development.
Since 1985, SPICE has developed 8 units on Africa, including
3 for French language classes. The two most recent are on
understanding hunger in Africa (for high school through college)
and rural East Africa (elementary level). Three upcoming SPICE
units of relevance to Africa are "Episodes in the History
of South Africa," "What is Development?" and "Water: Sustaining
Life on Planet Earth." SPICE also produces a newsletter, Connections,
which is distributed to 6000 teachers. Each edition includes
activities from SPICE units. Finally, SPICE organizes a one-day
teacher workshop on Africa every spring on the Stanford campus.
JCAS also provides resources to educators through ORIAS.
Outreach activities of ORIAS include providing speakers and
resources on international topics, organizing educator workshops
and in-service sessions, creating resource packets and curriculum
units, distributing resources developed by ORIAS and the affiliated
centers, publishing a newsletter, maintaining an interactive
web site, and providing orientation to on-line resources.
Currently, ORIAS is working closely with a middle school in
San Francisco to develop curricula on Islam that takes advantage
of Internet and web capabilities.
University of California at Los Angeles
James C. Coleman African Studies Center
PO Box 951310
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1310
E-mail: jscasc@international.ucla.edu
Website: http://www.international.ucla.edu/africa/outreach/
Tel: 310-825-3686
The centerpiece of the outreach office's efforts is the annual
Summer Teachers' Institute on Africa. The Institute is designed
for intermediate and secondary school humanities, social science,
and language arts teachers who are interested in strengthening
and enriching their course content on Africa.
In addition, the Center's longstanding linkage with UCLA's
Fowler Museum of Cultural History has resulted in the development
of several K-12 curriculum modules on African art, including
"Elephant: The Animal and Its Ivory in African Culture," and
"Isn't S/He a Doll? Play and Ritual in African Sculpture"
(for ordering information contact the Education Dept. at the
Fowler, 310-206-5663).
The Center emphasizes public education through a lecture
series which encourages debate and discussion, sponsors research
and policy symposia, and hosts a biennal memorial lecture
honoring the memory of the late Professor James S. Coleman
and his contribution to the field of African studies. The
Center collaborates with a wide variety of community groups
and institutions in its public education program, including
the African Community Resource Center, the Pan African Film
Festival, the Constituency for Africa, and the city of Los
Angeles.
Finally, the Center's web site provides a growing number
of users, including teachers, with links to Africa related
resources on the Internet, and information about Africa related
programming.
University of Florida Center for African Studies
427 Grinter Hall, PO Box 115560
Gainesville, FL 32611-5560
Email: aleslie@africa.ufl.edu
Website: http://www.africa.ufl.edu/
Outreach: 352-392-2187
Offers extensive services to support and improve the teaching
of Africa in schools from K-12 to colleges, universities,
and the community. Regular activities include a Summer Institute
for Teachers, in-service training, and a newsletter, which
is frequently published by teachers. Published a monograph,
"Lesson Plans on African History and Geography: A Teaching
Resource."
University of Kansas African Studies Resource Center
104a Lippincott Hall
Lawrence, KS 66045
E-mail: asrc@ku.edu
Website:http://www.kasc.ku.edu/outreach/index.shtml
Outreach: 785-864-3745
The African Studies Resource Center represents the African
Studies Council of more than thirty Africanists across the
University of Kansas.
Africana Studies National Consortium
University of Pennyslvania African Studies Center
642 Williams Hall
255 South 36th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305
E-mail: africa@sas.upenn.edu
Website: http://www.africa.upenn.edu/asc/outreach.html
Outreach: 215-898-6610
Offers extensive teacher, librarian, and administrator training
program in using the Internet to teach about Africa. Maintains
web site which also offers many resources for teachers. Also
works with local community organizations, and provides assistance
to local businesses interested in establishing partnerships
with businesses in Africa. Audio visual rentals are coordinated
through the University of Pennsylvania University Museum.
Bryn Mawr College African Studies Program
101 North Merian Avenue
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-2899
E-mail: lbeard@brynmawr.edu
Website:http://www.brynmawr.edu/africana/
Haverford College African Studies Program
Swarthmore College Black Studies Program
University of Wisconsin African Studies Program
204 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
E-mail: asp@africa.wisc.edu
Website:http://www.africa.wisc.edu/outreach/index.html
Outreach: 608-263-2171
Offers conferences and workshops for educators, a speakers
bureau, and an audio-visual center. Also available is an instructional
materials center that includes collections of books for teaching
at all levels, reference works, maps, posters from South Africa,
cassettes and videos, and art objects. Also has a library
of 7,000 35mm slides catalogued by country and subject area.
Recently made several of its curriculum units, essays, and
articles available through its website, including "Africa
South of the Sahara," and "Aspects of African Culture." Books
in their collection are non-circulating. Slides and videos
are available for loan to Madison-area teachers. Requests
for borrowing material outside of Dane County are handled
on an individual basis.
Yale University
Council on African Studies
Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue
New Haven, CT 06520-8206
E-mail: african.studies@yale.edu
Website: http://www.yale.edu/ycias/african/
Outreach: 203-432-3438
Works in concert with Programs in International Education
Resources (PIER) at the Yale Center for International and
Area Studies and focuses on expanding and enhancing Africanist
knowledge in schools, colleges, universities, civic groups,
the business communities, and the media. Services include
a two-week intensive summer course in African Studies annually,
consultation with schools and businesses, professional development,
faculty lecture series, speakers bureau, language training,
provision for print and audiovisual resources, educational
visits to Africa, and library fellowships.
Center for African
Studies
210 International Studies Building
910 South Fifth Street
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: (217) 333-6335
FAX: (217) 244-2429
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